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The current paper is the second part of a series of two papers dedicated to 2D problem of diffraction of acoustic waves by a segment bearing impedance boundary conditions. In the first part some preliminary steps were made, namely, the…
A novel approach to Riemann--Hilbert problems of particular class is introduced. The approach is applicable to problems in which the multiplicative jump is set on a half-line. Such problems are linked to some Wiener--Hopf problems motivated…
This article considers the problem of diffraction by a wedge consisting of two semi-infinite periodic arrays of point scatterers. The solution is obtained in terms of two coupled systems, each of which is solved using the discrete…
Analytical methods are fundamental in studying acoustics problems. One of the important tools is the Wiener-Hopf method, which can be used to solve many canonical problems with sharp transitions in boundary conditions on a plane/plate.…
We develop embedding formulae for all possible diffraction problems with Dirichlet scatterers on square lattices using the Wiener--Hopf perspective. The embedding formula expresses solutions for arbitrary plane-wave incidence in terms of a…
Scattering of a plane electromagnetic wave by an anisotropic impedance right-angled concave wedge at skew incidence is analyzed. A closed-form solution is derived by reducing the problem to a symmetric order-2 vector Riemann-Hilbert problem…
A fast and accurate numerical method for the solution of scalar and matrix Wiener--Hopf problems is presented. The Wiener--Hopf problems are formulated as Riemann--Hilbert problems on the real line, and a numerical approach developed for…
The model problem of scattering of a sound wave by an infinite plane structure formed by a semi-infinite acoustically hard screen and a semi-infinite sandwich panel perforated from one side and covered by a membrane from the other is…
The problem of diffraction by a Dirichlet quarter-plane (a flat cone) in a 3D space is studied. The Wiener-Hopf equation for this case is derived and involves two unknown (spectral) functions depending on two complex variables. The aim of…
We study wave scattering by a finite transversal strip in a discrete square-lattice waveguide with Dirichlet boundary conditions imposed on the strip and the waveguide walls. The setting is motivated as a discrete analogue of the classical…
Motivated by research in metamaterials, we consider the challenging problem of acoustic wave scattering by a doubly periodic quadrant of sound-soft scatterers arranged in a square formation, which we have dubbed the quarter lattice. This…
The diffraction of a time-harmonic plane wave on collinear finite defects in a square lattice is studied. This problem is reduced to a matrix Wiener-Hopf equation. This work adapts the recently developed iterative Wiener-Hopf method to this…
Embedding formula allows to recycle solution of a family boundary value problems by expressing all the solutions in terms of a small number of solutions. Such formulas have been previously derived in the context of diffraction by applying a…
As an extension of the discrete Sommerfeld problems on lattices, the scattering of a time harmonic wave is considered on an infinite square lattice when there exists a pair of semi-infinite cracks or rigid constraints. Due to the presence…
This article is dedicated to unifying the framework used to derive the Wiener--Hopf equations arising from some discrete and continuous wave diffraction problems.The main tools are the discrete Green's identity and the appropriate notion of…
Two boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation in a semi-infinite strip are considered. The main feature of these problems is that, in addition to the function and its normal derivative on the boundary, the functionals of the…
In this paper, we revisit Radlow's innovative approach to diffraction by a penetra ble wedge by means of a double Wiener-Hopf technique. We provide a constructive way of obtaining his ansatz and give yet another reason for why his ansatz…
The paper concerns scattering of plane waves by a bounded obstacle with complex valued impedance boundary conditions. We study the spectrum of the Neumann-to-Dirichlet operator for small wave numbers and long wave asymptotic behavior of the…
Despite numerous applications of two-dimensional plasmons for electromagnetic energy manipulation at the nanoscale, their quantitative refraction and reflection laws (analogs of Fresnel formulas in optics) have not yet been established.…
We study the problem of diffraction by a right-angled no-contrast penetrable wedge by means of a two-complex-variable Wiener-Hopf approach. Specifically, the analyticity properties of the unknown (spectral) functions of the…